Buffalo Chase, Mouth of the Yellowstone, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Buffalo Chase, Mouth of the Yellowstone

George Catlin described this scene as “animals dying on the ground passed over; and my man Batiste swamped in crossing a creek.” He made the sketch on the Upper Missouri in 1832. (Catlin, 1848 Catalogue, Catlin’s Indian Gallery, SAAM online exhibition

George Catlin

Creation Date: 1832-1833
Type: Painting
Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 24 x 29 in. (60.9 x 73.7 cm)

Object #: 3956
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.

Partner URL: http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=3956
Linked Data URI: saam:object/id/1985.66.415
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